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Council gets flume update Project slightly behind schedule, slightly over budget C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley City Council received an update on the flume project phase 2 this week. Completion of the project is now scheduled for mid-December, although the contractor Copcan has confirmed that time could be shortened by good weather and bringing in some additional crews. The project is also going to come in over budget some $60,000 or about 1.5 per cent of total cost. See FLUME, page 4
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Strong like a fireman. A great crowd turned out for the annual Kimberley Fire Department Open House last Thursday. See more on Page 3.
Advanced voter turnout high in riding
444 votes cast in Kimberley on Thanksgiving Monday ARNE PETRYSHEN
Over the long weekend voters across the country cast their ballots in advanced voting ahead of the federal election day Oct. 19. Election Canada officials have been surprised by the high turnout for advance polling, and that is no different in our riding.
Rob Switzer, Returning Officer for the Kootenay-Columbia riding, said the turnout for the advanced voting has been quite high. “I don’t have an exact number,” Switzer said, as the boundaries in the riding were redistributed prior to this election. Switzer previously worked in the British Columbia Southern Interior riding, but was moved into this riding when the boundaries changed to bring in Nelson. “My experience there told me that advanced polls shouldn’t’ be
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this busy,” Switzer said. “It was incredibly busy.” For instance the poll in Kimberley on Thanksgiving Monday took 444 ballots. “To me it’s just kind of staggering,” he said. He said his election poll staff, at least those in the bigger communities like Cranbrook, Kimberley, Golden, Revelstoke, Nelson and Creston, were taking large numbers of ballots. “Some more than others, but all were taking lots,” he said. He said three out of the four
polls in Cranbrook exceeded 1,100 voters over the course of the four days of advanced voting. “He said while advanced polling is always a busy time for the polling offices, this was the first time he has had to send out extra ballots to contend with the higher voter turnouts. “In this case I sent out ballots based on my best guess of how much they were going to go over, thinking that voting would slow down on the last day, not tick up.
Do you have any Coats for Kids? C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Each year a national initiative called Coats for Kids collects warm winter wear for kids who can’t afford new coats of their own. Here in Kimberley, coats are collected by realtors at Royal LePage East Kootenay Realty and sent to the Food Bank for distribution to needy children. This year the program is getting off to a bit of a slow start says realtor Marilyn Jolie. “Toys and Togs have been amazing, as they always are,” Jolie said. “But we are not getting many from the public.” If you have any children’s winter wear in reasonable wear, please drop it at East Kootenay Realty in Kimberley. Jolie will See POLLS, Page 4 take care of getting it to the Food Bank.